Poets Corner.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 32, 14 March 1844, Page 4

Poets Corner.

PUNCH'S LOVE OF CHILDREN. 'I he dca#little children, bo gay and so clever, They dchgkji and lormebt us, For ever autre ver ; Though then hearts are ull pine, and yif I P"«»y, Their teasings are tiresome, their fares are smutty ; And when they ainfee ihcy aie sure to perplex us With blahbur andjabber and questions that vex us, II) puddles now puddling, i Across ifle broom straddling, The dog and cat saddling, Distracting i|uite from mnrningTo night, "With continual cliatlt-liug, And giggling and delating, Splash—plashing and -.| altering, ,^ Alld everywhere scattering Their tn;» h and (heir trinkets, ;ill oidea iiuhccdinP, Now crying for costard, loi pudding nowj pleading, Row stealing (he mi; ai— now licking molas lSow down on their kn.es—now Ojl nil their fates. Put then Tl.eie'd be no men Y> eie there n» babies born ; Therefore the children 1 will never scorn. So come to my bosom, you dear Ittile devils, I'm loml of your capers, aud pleased with your revejs ; You are i;nv, interesting, «t(Tceti<>naie creatures. And love lighla ■ mi,iU en your diil-cdou.' lines ; Tie n< >• "•■ t<> my I)(.-«icm I'll huir ind ratrt-Ss ye, (Smack \) Tlirre, nin t<> maMfuy, deal darlings d«.d bli »■■■„■ * lt , ,- .1. ■„ , ,